The plane was taking off from Page Field when it crashed into Building 9 — a day care center — at Chico's.

Investigators with the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) are done with their field work at the Chico's site. The plane was taken to Page Field on Sunday and will be sent to salvage in Jacksonville on Monday.

NTSB spokesperson Dan Boggs said Saturday that the preliminary report is expected to take up to two weeks. They're going to be looking into a number of records and working with the plane's manufacturer to figure out what went wrong. The NTSB said single-engine planes do not have a black box. An official report will not be available for 12 to 16 months.

Boggs says the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing on Metro before crashing.

"When they (crashes) happen, all we can do is wrap our arms around one another and comfort one another," Jackson said.

Surveillance video from a nearby business shows the plane flip as it hits the building. It burst into flames shortly after hitting the ground.

"There was no one inside the daycare center so we are very relieved about that," said Victoria Moreland, Port Authority spokesperson.

Pilot Ted Ehrlich, readying his own flight, radioed into air control immediately after the crash to tell them what he heard.

"I heard the engine failing and watched the takeoff, and it never climbed," he told them in audio obtained by NBC2 courtesy of Broadcastify.

Witness Richard Waltman works at nearby Sunrise Remodeling.

"As I was leaving, I saw this plane going really low, and when he passed the trees, his wing clipped the trees, flipped over at the side of the building, did a somersault and landed in front and blew up," Waltman said.

"It was crazy. It was like did anybody survive? They didn't survive this. They didn't have no time. Because it was so bad that the plane was shredded when they landed and when I blew up it was like wow."

Matt Rutherford described the scene as "chaos."

"A whole bunch of chaos ... Everybody is trying to get to the plane," he said.

"I'm kind of surprised it doesn't happen more than that; they are always flying super low right over this anyway. It's just crazy."

"The top of the actual plane hit the top of the building, it did like a flip; a somersault, and then it hit the ground and set on fire."

She says she called 911 immediately as passersby scrambled to get to the victims, but were unable to.

Meanwhile, some who work nearby spoke with NBC2 about their discomfort with the planes flying so low in and out of nearby Page Field.

"The airport's behind us. The way the runway goes over these buildings, we're lucky nothing's happened in the past," said David Grant, whose office is across from Chico's.

"To be honest with you, I'm not surprised," said Daniel Carinsci. "Our office is right here and many times walking out the door, I'll get startled."

"It doesn't happen that often but when it does happen, it's tragic like this and it doesn't take much. Being they fly so low when they're over Metro Parkway, it could have hit any of these buildings."

A spokesperson for Bright Horizons, which operates the day care, says the day care will remained closed until they receive further information from Chico's.

The day care serves Chico's employees, many of them saying on our Facebook page they were thankful the day care was closed for the day.

Chico's is telling parents who use the day care that they can do what they need to for the time being, including work from home.

Statement from Chico's, received Monday:

On behalf of all of us at Chico's, our hearts go out to those affected by this tragic event. Chico's headquarters on Metro is open today; however, the childcare center is closed. We understand the difficulty this may present for families so Chico's associates who have children at the center may stay home with their children and/or work remotely at this time.

Statement from FAA, received Saturday:

"A Piper PA 28 Cherokee Aircraft crashed during takeoff at Page Field today around 8 am. The National Transportation Safety Board will determine the probable cause of the accident. The FAA will investigate."

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